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Looking Good, Feeling Good
Over the next few weeks, schools around the country reopen. The air pulses with excitement. The lassitude of summer...
Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom
In last week's blog, we shared an interview with adoption expert and author, Heather Forbes, LCSW. We are pleased to...
Heather T. Forbes, LCSW: Your Child is Misbehaving, Are You Listening?
Growing Intentional Families Together is proud to post this important article which Heather Forbes, LCSW wrote for...
Negative Behavior: A Strategy for Tranferring Pain onto Parents
A recent article written by the Adoption Council of Ontario focused on the concept of inducement which they define as...
Adoptees Are Not Broken
Adoptees are not broken but they are profoundly influenced by their adoption. Shaped, not defeated, or doomed by it....
Family Story Telling: Have I told you about the Time I …
Umenta.com reported on recent research by Dr. Marshall Duke of Emory University indicates that children benefit from...
Difficult Conversations in Adoptive Families: Thirteen Tips
Starting a difficult conversation can be challenging whether it is with a spouse, friend co-worker, stranger or family...
The Catch-22 of a Forever Family Twenty-nine Years after Placement
Adoption is, at its essence, about creating loving bonds built by intention instead of biology. Often we refer to...
The Fruits of Guilt and Shame
There is a quote from Allegiant by Veronica Roth that has intrigued me since I read it. It states that, "Since I was...
Rules—Golden and Otherwise
As parents, we appreciate the structure that rules bring to families. Sound rules establish firm, clear boundaries....
